Campus Life

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State have rated their Students’ Union Government (SUG) low on welfare. They accused their leaders of causing them untold hardship and suffering because of the union’s unrealistic approach to issues. The students said the union has not delivered on its promise to improve on their academic performance and welfare. They ...

Last Thursday, Batch “A” Corps members completed the one-year mandatory National Youth Service. At the Enugu ceremony, state NYSC Coordinator Hilary Nasamu advised youths to embrace entrepreneurship instead of going about in search of jobs. OLADELE OGE reports. Unemployment has been identified as the cause of youth restiveness. But how can a nation achieve a violence-free society? To Mr Hilary ...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on February 11 2015, issued a two-week strike notice to the Federal Government (FG) to implement the agreement it reached with the union over four years ago, or it would compel members to down tools. The ultimatum expired yesterday with the union threatening to embark on an indefinite strike if the FG failed ...

Head of Department (HOD) of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr Abigail Ogwezzy, has warned students to shun misconducts. Dr Ogwezzy gave the counsel while addressing freshers during an orientation organised by Mass Communication Students’ Association (MSCA). She told the freshers that they got a had rare opportunity to study in the school, saying they must not ...

THE Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun in Delta State has matriculated 620 Industrial Continuing Education (part-time) students. Its Acting Principal Mr Jacob Orukele said the students should count themselves lucky that of the 1300 students who applied for admission in the 2014/2015 academic session, they were among them. He advised them to be focused and be serious with their studies ...

FORTY-TWO Medicine graduates of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma, Edo State, have taken the Hippocratic Oath. They took oath last Thursday during their induction. By 9am, the Reverend Chris Oyakhilome Auditorium, venue of the ceremony, had been filled by the graduands and their parents. The ceremony was witnessed by officials of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) ...

Students of Ekiti State University (EKSU) have protested the N10,000 late registration fee introduced by the institution, describing it as exploitative. BAMIDELE ADIO (200-Level Social Studies Education) reports. Is the N10,000 introduced by the Ekiti State University (EKSU) for late registration to generate revenue for the school? Or is it a penalty? The students’ inability to understand why the fee ...

Oluwaseun Fapohunda graduated as overall best student at the fifth convocation of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) in Ondo State with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.8. The Biochemistry graduate tells YOMI AYELESO (300-Level Business Administra How did you feel graduating as the best student? I give glory to God for the feat. I felt I accomplished ...

Corps members in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State have organised free eye screening for residents. They gave out free glasses during the exercise. ADEYEMI OLALEMI (Physics and Education, University of Lagos) reports. Good vision, a Yoruba saying goes, is essential for normal functioning of the body. Anyone who does not take care of his eyes may lose the ...

The Registrar of International Institute of Journalism (IIJ), Mr Olusola Afolabi, has urged new students of the institute to shun vices capable of truncating their career. He said they must show diligence towards their studies. Afolabi spoke last Friday during matriculation and oath-taking held for new students admitted by the institute for 2014/2015 academic session in Ado-Ekiti campus. The Registrar ...